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Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay (1976) is a nonfiction book by William W. Warner about the Chesapeake Bay, blue crabs and watermen.The book takes its name from the generic name of the blue crab, Callinectes, which is Greek for "beautiful swimmer."
Two Crabs is an 1889 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh. It is a still life of two crabs, one on its back and one upright, with a green background. [1] The work is oil on canvas of 47 cm (19 in) high and 61 cm (24 in) wide. [1] Van Gogh is thought to have painted this work after his hospital release in January 1889.
Blue crab escaping from the net along the Core Banks of North Carolina.. Callinectes sapidus (from the Ancient Greek κάλλος,"beautiful" + nectes, "swimmer", and Latin sapidus, "savory"), the blue crab, Atlantic blue crab, or, regionally, the Maryland blue crab, is a species of crab native to the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, and introduced internationally.
Blue crab may refer to: Blue Crab 11, an American sailboat design; Callinectes sapidus – Chesapeake or Atlantic blue crab of the West Atlantic, introduced elsewhere; Cardisoma guanhumi – blue land crab of the West Atlantic; Discoplax celeste – blue land crab of Christmas Island; Paralithodes platypus – blue king crab of the North Pacific
Common names include blue swimmer crabs, Blue manna, Blueys, [2] and Jennies (for females). [3] The species was originally considered as a geographic variation of Portunus pelagicus, however in 2010 the Portunus pelagicus species was reviewed using DNA, as well as physical characteristics including measurements and four species recognised ...
Lee ‘Lucky’ Alewine sorts blue crabs on Sept. 20, 2024, throwing back small ones or females carrying eggs and keeping crabs that are at least five inches from across the shell, point to point.